School Social Worker Programs

Columbia University

• Columbia University is a private university in New York that offers an accredited master's degree program in social work. "U.S. News and World Report" cited Columbia as the fourth-best social work graduate program in the country in its 2008 college rankings. The two-year program, accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, uses a combination of classroom lecture and field experience. Students must complete 60 credit hours of coursework and 1,200 field hours to graduate. Columbia offers several concentration areas in social work. School-based and school-linked services are the concentrations that lead to a career as a school social worker. These concentrations focus on social work services delivered to school-age children, adolescents and their families.

  Columbia University

  2960 Broadway

  New York, NY 10027-6900

  212-854-1754

  columbia.edu

University of Texas at Austin

• The University of Texas at Austin is a public university located in the heart of central Texas that offers a master's degree program in social work. This is a two-year program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. The University of Texas at Austin's program earned a sixth-place ranking from "U.S News and World Report" in 2008. Students are required to complete 60 semester hours and 1,020 hours of field practice to graduate. This program offers concentration areas in clinical social work and community and administrative leadership. A field practicum places the students in a social service agency where they are supervised by a master's level social worker.

  The University of Texas at Austin

  1 University Station

  Austin, Texas 78712

  512-475-7348

  utexas.edu

USC

• The University of Southern California is a private university located in downtown Los Angeles. USC offers an accredited master's degree program in social work with concentrations that will lead to a career as a school social worker. Students are required to complete 63 credit hours and 1,050 field instruction hours. The coursework consists of foundation courses, concentration courses and field experiences. The first year of foundation coursework includes classes in human behavior and the social environment, social policy and social work practice with individuals and families. During the second year, students can choose from five different concentrations. The concentration in families and children offers courses that include social work practice in school settings. At the end of the program, a field internship will be assigned to each student. "U.S. News and World Report" listed USC as the eighth-best social work graduate program in its 2008 rankings.

  University of Southern California

  1541 Wilshire Boulevard

  Los Angeles, CA 90089

  213-740-2311

  usc.edu